Vanta
Series C+Raised Since FeaturedTrust management, automated
AI-powered trust management platform that automates security compliance for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and more.
About
Vanta is the leading trust management platform that automates up to 90% of compliance workflows for security frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR. Founded in 2018 by Christina Cacioppo โ a former Dropbox Paper product lead and Union Square Ventures analyst โ after she experienced firsthand how painfully manual SOC 2 compliance was. The platform integrates with over 375 business tools to provide real-time security monitoring, continuous compliance tracking, and automated evidence collection. Vanta now serves more than 12,000 organizations across 58 countries, including Atlassian, Duolingo, Snowflake, and Flo Health. In 2025, the company launched its Agentic Trust Platform, unifying compliance, risk, and security assessments with AI-powered agents. With $504M raised and a $4.15B valuation as of July 2025, Vanta has become one of the most valuable cybersecurity companies in the world.
DailyDropout Take
Vanta was an early conviction pick โ a Stanford-educated founder who felt the pain of manual SOC 2 compliance at Dropbox and decided to automate it. What started as a tool for startups to get audit-ready in weeks instead of months has evolved into the dominant trust management platform serving 12,000+ organizations globally. The $4.15B valuation and blue-chip investor roster (Sequoia, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan) confirm what we saw early: compliance automation was a massive, inevitable market.
Discovery signal: Strong founder-market fit (Cacioppo experienced SOC 2 pain at Dropbox), YC pedigree, rapid enterprise adoption, and early Sequoia backing signaled a company that could own the compliance automation category.
What Makes Them Unique
Vanta is the most widely adopted trust management platform, integrating with 375+ tools and automating up to 90% of compliance work. Its breadth of supported frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, and more) combined with real-time monitoring and AI-powered agents creates a flywheel that deepens with each new customer and integration.
$4.15B
Valuation
$504M
Total Raised
12,000+
Customers
58
Countries
700+
Team Size
Target Markets
Founders
Christina Cacioppo
Co-Founder & CEO
Former product lead at Dropbox Paper and analyst at Union Square Ventures. Earned degrees in Economics and Engineering from Stanford. Founded Vanta after experiencing the manual pain of SOC 2 compliance firsthand.
Key People
Previously: Twilio
Previously: ThoughtSpot
Previously: GitHub
Previously: Code42
Vanta is hiring!
Team size: 700+
Funding History
Lead: Y Combinator
Lead: Sequoia Capital
Lead: Craft Ventures
Lead: Craft Ventures
Valuation: $2.45B
Lead: Sequoia Capital
Valuation: $4.15B
Lead: Wellington Management